1896.] of the Coleoi^tera of South Africa. 105 



hardly convex, almost cretaceous-white, with a narrow juxta-sutural 

 longitudinal bronze line reaching on each side from the base to four- 

 fifths of the length, and four elongate, narrow maculae running 

 parallel to the dorsal line, and totally disconnected with it ; the 

 suture is brassy, and the under side and legs are entirely clothed 

 with dense white hairs, leaving no denuded space on the abdomen. 

 Length 13-14 J mm. ; width 5 mm. 



CiCINDELA CHEYSOGEAPHA, Dej., 



Spec. Coleop., 1831, v., p. 254. 

 C. harhifrons, Bohem., Insect. Caffr., i., 1848, p. 12. 



Head and prothorax coppery-green, glowing red underneath ; head 

 nearly denuded in the centre, with two fascicles of white hairs on 

 each side of the anterior part ; the three first joints of the antennae 

 brassy and with a long white pubescence, the other flavescent ; 

 labrum yellowish- white, convex in the centre, with two punctures on 

 each side of the median part, and one in the outer angle ; prothorax 

 covered with white decumbent hairs, thicker laterally than on the 

 disk ; elytra moderately ampliated in the female, less so in the 

 male, hardly punctulate, whitish opaque, and having on each side 

 three small discoidal maculae arranged longitudinally, the anterior 

 one elongate, the median slender and short, the third one placed at 

 some distance from the apex is subovate ; the suture and the extreme 

 margin are coppery ; under side and legs coppery-green, sides of 

 pectus and abdomen with a dense white pubescence. Length 

 10 mm. ; width 5 xnm. 



Hah. Natal (D'Urban, Tsipongo). 



CiCINDELA CHEYSOGEAPHA. 



Var. Maequeza. 



Head and prothorax coppery, glowing red underneath, the former 

 with two fascicles of white hairs on each side ; the three first joints 

 of the antennae greenish and with a long white pubescence, the 

 others very flavescent ; labrum yellowish red, convex in the centre, 

 with two punctures on each side of the median part and one in the 

 outer angle ; prothorax covered with scattered white decumbent 

 hairs ; elytra moderately ampliated below the shoulder in the female, 

 creamy white with a tinge of very light brown admixed and without 

 any trace of bronze markings ; the suture, however, is bronzy ; under 

 side bronze, shining, the lateral parts thickly covered with white 

 hairs. Length 11-|-12 mm. ; width 4f-5 mm. 



Hah. Mozambique (Delagoa Bay). 



